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KamaAina

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44. The real news is the shooting itself

Reply to JI7 (Reply #41)

Fri Jan 8, 2016, 05:39 PM

Jan 2016

the tenuous connection to ISIS could easily be buried several grafs down. If they wanted to.

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Shit. Police: Officer shooting suspect claims allegiance to ISIS [View all] cali Jan 2016 OP

meh EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1

"very serious injuries that will require multiple surgeries". Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #43

Obesity EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #46

So the World Trade Center casualties were only about 1% of annual obesity deaths. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #54

Relative EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #56

Because you weren't the one shot Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #48

No EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #50

And somewhere, the donald just got another voter due to this GummyBearz Jan 2016 #2

Someone aerated a cop and your only worry is a single vote. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #34

Its not the shooting of the cop that plays into trumps anti immigration narrative GummyBearz Jan 2016 #36

Right. It couldn't have been staged any better. nt valerief Jan 2016 #53

Are you saying GummyBearz Jan 2016 #59

The latter. But you can speculate on the former, if you like. nt valerief Jan 2016 #63

The phrase is just ambiguous. I agree with you. eom GummyBearz Jan 2016 #64

The sad thing is that someone here will soon blame the police officer FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #3

muslims have their radicals too saturnsring Jan 2016 #6

Oh BULLSHIT tkmorris Jan 2016 #7

It didn't take long FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #26

WOW when you WROTE this it was already wrong and some on DU WERE already blaming kelly1mm Jan 2016 #65

You hope. Iggo Jan 2016 #19

There are more than enough apologists for rape and shootings here FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #25

Christ on a cracker, this is just getting unreal! smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #66

What is being a devout Muslim have to do with ANYTHING here? The only way it has to randys1 Jan 2016 #58

I believe that 10 countries execute gay people and say they do it because they are Islamic. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #62

Shit....this is frightening fredamae Jan 2016 #4

It really sucks, and I feel horrible for the officer. However you should not feel frightened. Glassunion Jan 2016 #13

I may be a bit more fredamae Jan 2016 #20

Look at it like this. Paris, which just suffered a horrific terrorist attack is still quite safe. Glassunion Jan 2016 #29

Good advice and perspective - However fredamae Jan 2016 #33

So was San Bernardino and Paris. It still does not change my opinion. Glassunion Jan 2016 #39

Thank you-You are correct.... fredamae Jan 2016 #40

No problem. Glassunion Jan 2016 #42

Ok Doc :) fredamae Jan 2016 #49

I play golf on occasion, but I'm not a golfer. I also bowl, but am not a bowler. Glassunion Jan 2016 #55

lol....I can get behind all that fredamae Jan 2016 #57

Mass deportation? mwrguy Jan 2016 #38

I dont believe it climber3986 Jan 2016 #5

And which resident experts would those leftynyc Jan 2016 #9

Obvious poster is being obvious Glassunion Jan 2016 #11

I sent a gift basket pintobean Jan 2016 #16

Posts 8 and 9 climber3986 Jan 2016 #47

So a grand total of 2 posters leftynyc Jan 2016 #52

"claims allegiance to ISIS" != actually having anything to do with ISIS KamaAina Jan 2016 #8

I'm not sure how that really matters. Bonx Jan 2016 #14

Lots of people claim allegiance to things that they only relate to in isolation. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #23

Because the headline writers get another chance to scream ISIS!!1!11!! on the front page. KamaAina Jan 2016 #30

do you think they should not report it ? JI7 Jan 2016 #41

The real news is the shooting itself KamaAina Jan 2016 #44

do motivation does not matter ? it's like saying Dylan roof's racism should not JI7 Jan 2016 #45

When the Planned Parenthood murderer said he did it "for the babies", Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #60

So should those who commit other forms of bias crimes have their motives buried by the press? Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #61

This sort of thing is empowering the right across western countries LittleBlue Jan 2016 #10

well he's contained now....LOL ileus Jan 2016 #12

Quote from article you linked LannyDeVaney Jan 2016 #15

.... 840high Jan 2016 #18

sounds like PC nonsense--the guy said he was killing in the name of Islam. geek tragedy Jan 2016 #21

Piss poor wording pintobean Jan 2016 #22

Not funny at all, dear. I posted the first 3 paragraphs. cali Jan 2016 #28

The mayor is an apologist fuckwit just like the German authorities LittleBlue Jan 2016 #35

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #67

It sounds like he may have mental health problems from what his mother is saying. herding cats Jan 2016 #17

And, the solution is to treat him like a criminal...no matter what religion he is. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #24

Exactly. Iggo Jan 2016 #31

Or if he were one of those Bundy folks who killed two cops in Nevada last year n/t arcane1 Jan 2016 #32

Allah forfend we take people's statements of motivation as motivators whatthehey Jan 2016 #27

Mayor Kenney On Officer Shooting: �It Has Nothing To Do With Being Muslim� mwrguy Jan 2016 #37

ISIS allegiance will be a 'go to' for a lot of crazies spanone Jan 2016 #51

Just watched the tape- the officer reacted like a badass Lee-Lee Jan 2016 #68